S-turns

S-turns gives you the opportunity to fly the S-turns and observe the effects of wind direction and speed on the ground track. The simulation displays the Turn Coordinator, Directional Gyro, Attitude Indicator, and a crosswind visulation tool.

The Controls

• S-turns setup - allows you to define the size, orientation, and direction of the initial turn of the S-turns.

• Speed and Bank - determines the "no wind" condition radius of the turns drawn.
• Turns - determines the number of turns to draw.
• Direction - controls the orientation of the S-turn's base line.
• Left turns - when checked draws the S-turns with the first turn to the left - Figure 2; otherwise to the right - Figure 1.

 

Figure 1 - Right turns

Figure 2 - Left turns

• Cross Wind Indicator - displays both a digital and graphic representation of the plane airspeed (green circle), the "wind component" (yellow segment),  and ground track speed (blue). It is not an instrument you can find in a plane (boy it would be nice!).

• Plane track
• Show - when checked displays the plane's track in the simulator's window.
• Reset - when pressed will erase the plane's track to it's current position and will resume drawing from there if Show is checked.
  

• Bank/Heading - banks the plane when used with a Simulator or changes the plane's heading when used with a Trainer.

• Press the "left" or "right" button to turn the plane in that direction.
• As long as you hold the button down, the plane's direction will change.